Second Circular for 16th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics August 5-9, 2018, Shanghai, China Conference Theme Materials and technologies for future energy and environment Conference Website http://ssic.tongji.edu.cn/English/Homepage.htm Organized by The Asian Society for Solid State Ionics In association with Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tongji University Conference Organizer Prof. Zhaoyin Wen Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Yunhui Huang Tongji University About the conference Asian Society for Solid State Ionics (ASSSI) started holding Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics (ACSSI) as biennial event since 1988 beginning at Singapore. Since then, this chain of conference has been held in different Asian countries. Though it is an Asian conference, scientists and intellectuals from all over the world take active participation in this event making it truly international in technical content and quality of interaction. Present ACSSI is the 16th in the chain of ACSSI conferences. And this is the 4th time for this conference scheduled to be held in China and for the first time in the eastern part of China at Shanghai under the banner of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tongji University. This conference aims to hold high quality technical deliberations by inviting accomplished expert speakers in the subject area to provide and develop clarity of subject understanding among the junior researchers and young students. This conference will be a unique opportunity for budding scientists and youngsters for understanding the subject fundamentals 1 important to analyze the pros and cons of the ionic materials for technological applications in devices. This knowledge is extensively utilized also to protect and/or predict the lifetime of structural materials in harsh operating conditions to improve the performance reliability when used as components in devices. Presently, this research area is very important for wider scientific community comprising physicists, materials scientists, chemists, technologists and engineers belonging to academia, R & D institutions and manufacturing Industries and hence, highly relevant for socio-economic growth and society. Scope of the Conference The conference aims to cover wide variety of subject areas namely: theory & modelling of Ionic/Electronic/Mixed conductors, Novel Techniques in Solid State Ionics, Ionic Liquids, Conducting Polymers, Polymer Electrolytes, Polymer Nanocomposites, Ceramics, Composites, Solid State Ionic Device & their components i.e.. Sensors, Storage/conversion devices (secondary batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, their integrated module), Electrochromic display devices, Nano-Ionics. Several symposia are listed as below: Symposia A. Fundamentals on Solid State Ionics and ionic/mix conductors B. Fuel cells C. Lithium ion batteries and Sodium ion batteries D. Next generation energy storage technologies E. Solid state electrolytes and solid-state batteries F. New technologies and instruments International advisory board committee member: Stefan Adams, NUS, Singapore Koji Amazawa, Tohoku University, Japan A. K. Arof, University of Malaya, Malaysia Masaru Aniya, M. Kumamoto University, JAPAN S.P.S. Badwal, CSIRO Energy Technology, Australia Peter G. Bruce, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK M.A. Careem, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Liquan Chen, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China Huiming Cheng, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Shijie Cheng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China B.V.R. Chowdari, NTU, Singapore Koichi Eguchi, Kyoto University, Japan Maria Forsyth, Deakin University, Australia 2 Vito Di Noto, University of Padova, Italy Doug MacFarlane, Monash University, Australia Ruiping Gao, National Natural Science Foundation of China John B. Goodenough, The University of Texas at Austin, USA G. Govindraj, University of Poindicherry, India S. A. Hashmi, Delhi University, India Nobuyuki Imanishi, Mie University, Japan Tatsumi Ishihara, Kyushu University, Japan Saiful Islam, S, University of Bath, UK Ryoji Kanno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Evvy Kartini, Nat. Nuclear Energy Agency, Indonesia Junichi Kawamura, IMRAM, Tohoku University, Japan M.A.K.Lakshman Dissannayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanke Jong Sook Lee, Chonnam National University, Korea Yongfang Li, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Joachim Maier, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany Manfred Martin, Aachen University of Technology, Germany Hiroshige Matsumoto, Kyushu University, Japan Cewen Nan, Tsinghua University, China Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo, Canada Di Noto, V. University of Padova, Italy S.R.S. Prabaharan, VIT University, India V.A. Seneviratne, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Islam, Saiful，University of Bath, UK S. Selvasekarapandian, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, India Kazunori Takada, NIMS, Japan Hitoshi Takamura, Tohoku University, Japan A.K. Thakur, Indian Institute of Technology, India Tinglian Wen, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Werner Weppner, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Germany Feng Wu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Atsuo Yamada, Tokyo University, Japan Osamu Yamamoto, Mie University, Japan Yusheng Yang, People's Liberation Army Institute of Chemical Defense, China Xi Yao, Tongji University, China Baolian Yi, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Han-Ill Yoo, Seoul National University, Korea Local organization committee Co-Chairman Yunhui Huang, Tongji University, China Zhaoyin Wen, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 3 Minfang Han, Tsinghua University, China Jiang Liu, South China University of Technology, China Members Hanxing Liu, Wuhan University of Technology, China Xuejie Huang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science Hong Li, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Chusheng Chen, University of Science and Technology of China Wen Chen, Wuhan University of Technology Shuting Yang, Henan (Xinxiang) Battery Research Institute Yuguo Guo, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongliang Zhan, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xuelin Yang, China Three Gorges University Liping He, Hunan University Shengli An, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology Jiawen Jian, Ningbo University Renyuan Zhang, Tongji University Wei Luo, Tongji University Jiwei Ma, Tongji University Zewei Lv, Tsinghua University Long Qian, Tongji University Xiaowei Yang, Tongji University Sa Li, Tongji University Jun Jin, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiaofeng Ye, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiangwei Wu , Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Meifen Wu, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Chenchen Hu, Tongji University Xiang Li, Tongji University Invited Speakers Cewen Nan Tsinghua University Arumugam Manthrium UT Austin，USA Scott A. Barnett Northwestern University，USA Han-Ill Yoo Seoul National University，Korea Ryoji Kanno Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Huang Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Yong Yang Xiamen University Feiyu Kang Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University Feng Pan Peking University ShenZhen Graduate School Hong Li Institute of Physics CAS Hitoshi Takamura Tohoku University, Japan Teruhisa Horita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 4 Nobuyuki Imamishi Mike University, Japan Jong-Ho Lee Hanyang University, Korea Truls Norby The University of Oslo, Norway Wolfram Jaegerman Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany David Lou Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Amit Pandey LG Fuelcells, Korea Yuliang Cao Wuhan University Liwei Chen Suzhou Institude of Nano-Bionic,Chinese Academy of Science Renjie Chen Beijing Institute of Technology Ming Chen Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Di Chen Stanford University, USA Gang Chen Northeastern University Kongfa Chen Fuzhou University Guanglei Cui Qingdao Institute of Biomass Energy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Donglin Han Kyoto University, Japan Yonghong Deng Southern University of Science and Technology Yanhai Du Kent State University, USA Lizhen Fan University of Science and Technology Beijing G. Govindaraj Pondicherry University, India Gang Cheng Wildcat Discovery Technologies, USA Guntae Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Xueping Gao Nankai University Yuguo Guo Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Xin Guo Huazhong University of Science and Technology Xiangxin Guo Qingdao University Shaohua Guo Nanjing University H. Suzuki Kyoto University, Japan Hee Jung Park Daejeon Univ., Korea Liping He Hunan University Yanbing He Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University Yanglong Hou Peking University Liangbing Hu University of Maryland, USA Xianluo Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology Renzong Hu South China University of Technology Jong-Sook Lee Chonnam National University, Korea Joongmyeon Bae KAIST, Korea J.A. Alonso Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain Xiulei Ji Oregon State University, USA Jiawen Jian Ningbo University 5 Koji Kandori Ritsumeikan University, Japan K. Amezawa Tohoku University, Japan Koichi Eguchi Kyoto University, Japan Kang Taek Lee DGIST, Korea Lakshman Dissanayake University